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huge influence to me. He wasn't
satisfied with studying only one art or
style. I'm much the same way. I guess
painting or sculpting the same thing time
and again is just to unsatisfying.
I've decided to pay homage to this great
Master by attempting to paint his Mona
Lisa, or La Gioconda (La Joconde)
The original measures 21 x 30 inches,
and is painted on board. Mine will be on
stretched canvas, measuring 20 x 30
inches. Fairly close.
card that I did as a practice piece. I also have a print out of
Leonardo's painting and a sheet of clear Acetate that I've drawn
a grid on. The grid is in half inch increments, and the reference
printed out to be 10 inches wide so that the squares will line up
with the print out perfectly.
using one inch increments so that when
sketching out the painting it will be at the
proper scale, matching the original.
painting, grid by grid onto the canvas,
while looking at the reference that has
the clear sheet of acetate with the grid
placed over it.
used these days, Other methods include transferring a
sketch using a graphite sheet, or by carefully measuring as
you draw to keep the proportions correct. Some artists just
draw by eye which requires a lot of skill and talent, and
even with that ability it's almost impossible to get things
perfect. Especially in a case such as this where I want the
copy to be the same size as the original painting.
I will keep everyone updated as I continue to work on the
project over time. Thanks for looking at my progress so far.
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Note: These are digital representations of original paintings and some
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